| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Mechanization | TB205 | 3. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator |
Assist. Prof. Dr. Bülent PİŞKİN |
| Instructor(s) |
Bülent PİŞKİN |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | Gaining the informmation and skills about tractors, tillage tools and equipment, and sowing, planting, fertilizing and maintenance machinery, and irrigation machinery, plant protection machinery, harvesting-threshing machines, and agricultural machinery management issues |
| Course Content | Definition of agricultural mechanization, historical development, benefits; agricultural mechanization in Turkey (agricultural structure, historical development and the level of turkey important factors that delayed the mechanization of agriculture), agricultural production mechanization of energy sources used in agriculture, agricultural tractors (general properties), agricultural tools and machinery; tillage tools and machinery, sowing, planting machines, fertilizer distribution machines, irrigation mechanization, plant protection machines, harvesting machines |
| Learning Outcomes |
- The historical development of agricultural mechanization and teaching its benifits, and grasping level of agricultural mechanization in Turkey and in the world - Teaching the soil cultivation and the seedbed preparation techniques to the students - Teaching the technical and functional characteristics of the planting, seedling, hoeing and fertilizing machines to the student - Teaching the technical and functional characteristics of the harvesting-threshing machines to the students |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | The basic concepts of agricultural mechanization | Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation |
| 2. Week | Soil cultivation; The definition of basic concepts, objectives and functions of soil soil cultivation | Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 3. Week | Soil cultivation tools and machines; general information and classification | Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours |
| 4. Week | The basic soil cultivation tools and machines; classification, characteristics, components and tasks | Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression |
| 5. Week | The secondary soil cultivation tools and machines; classification, characteristics, components and tasks | Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours |
| 6. Week | Sowing machines; technical and functional characteristics of the sowing machines, classification, components and tasks | Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 7. Week | Planting machines; technical and functional characteristics of the planting machines, classification, components and tasks | Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 8. Week | Midterm | |
| 9. Week | Fertilizing machines; technical and functional characteristics of the fertilizing machines, classification, components and tasks | Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours |
| 10. Week | Hoeing machines; technical and functional characteristics of the hoeing machines, classification, components and tasks | Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours |
| 11. Week | Plant protection machines; technical and functional characteristics of the plant protection machines, classification, components and tasks | Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 12. Week | Harvesting Machinery; technical and functional characteristics and tasks | Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression |
| 13. Week | Threshing machines; technical and functional characteristics of the threshing machines, classification, components and tasks | Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| 14. Week | Preparation and post-harvest processing techniques | Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation |
| Ergüneş G., Tarım makinaları. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60,40,60 |
| PY6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 40,60 |
| PY7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40,60,40,60 |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Homework 1 | 1 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 76.5 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 3.0 | ||
